1123-S AMS PELZ S3252.1

SHB 1123 - S AMD TO LAB COMM AMD (S-2818.1/95)  329

By Senator Pelz

    On page 1, after line 32 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "The office of the Washington state trade representative may accept or request grants or gifts from citizens and other private sources to be used to defray the costs of appropriate hosting of foreign dignitaries, including appropriate gift-giving and reciprocal gift-giving, or other activities of the office.  The office shall open and maintain a bank account into which it shall deposit all money received under this section.  Such money and the interest accruing thereon shall not constitute public funds, shall be kept segregated and apart from funds of the state, and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment by the state or subject to chapter 43.88 RCW."

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